Evidence of meeting #114 for Environment and Sustainable Development in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was see.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte
There were opportunities to go longer and to start extra days, but it didn't happen, so now we are in this mode.
Conservative
Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
But Madam Chair, some of these amendments have been table dropped. The officials haven't even seen them, so I appreciate that this takes a long time.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte
None of the ones that you're doing right here have had that situation.
Conservative
Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
To the point about time, this is an important bill with a lot of content in it. It takes time. I think the time should be proportionate to the length and the magnitude of the changes, not the same for every kind of legislation, regardless of how complex it is.
Therefore, I would like to propose that we have additional meetings where there are officials that are present.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte
Garnett, look at the dates on these. You can see how long they've been in our hands.
Garnett, thank you very much for your comments, but we are in voting. We made this motion back in March. We're not changing the motion.
Conservative
Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
I'd like to challenge the chair on that.
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
No, I'm going to make my case for the challenge.
Conservative
Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
I'm challenging your decision that we can't have additional meetings or have a discussion about additional meetings.
Liberal
Liberal
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte
The motion was brought forward in March. It was voted on and it passed. It's not a chair decision; it was a committee decision. It's done. I am executing the motion that was brought forward and voted on.
Conservative
Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
I would like to propose a motion to the committee that we adjourn and that we schedule additional meetings to invite officials to actually provide their input on amendments so we can ask questions before we proceed.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte
Garnett, I'm ending the conversation. This is not a point of order. I'm executing a motion. It's a motion that was voted on by committee. I'm executing it as it was adopted.
It's too late.
Conservative
Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
I think I can propose that motion. If you don't agree, then I'm challenging that ruling.
Liberal
William Amos Liberal Pontiac, QC
I have a point of order.
No motion can be brought up at this stage.
